Once again, I am serving on the PASS Program Committee this year for the App Dev Track. As we are about to start the reviewing process, I had some thoughts that I wanted to share. Last year, we had approximately 200 abstracts to review. It should be a Read More...

Life goes on and sometimes it is just time to move on. I am no longer with Scalability Experts. Looking back at all of the time that I spent with them, I realize how fortunate that I was to be part of it. I am writing this because I wanted to thank Scalability Read More...

Now that the PASS Summit 2014 is over, I remember having a hard time deciding which sessions to attend and can't wait for the USB to arrive. This year, I was on the Program Committee for the first time ever. I would recommend the experience to all speakers Read More...

Recently, a partner of Scalability Experts asked me to write a blog relating to the Day 1 Keynote of PASS Summit 2014. Here is a link to the post. http://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/keeping-your-eyes-on-the-skies-a-partners-view-on-sql-server-and-ucs Enjoy Read More...

I wanted to re-publish an old blog post that is still fairly accurate. It is actually a summary of blog posts I did back in 2011. http://sqlblog.com/blogs/rick_heiges/archive/2011/09/19/pass-summit-2011-what-you-can-expect-at-the-conference-summary.aspx Read More...

Now that it has been a few weeks since the Summit, I wanted to look back at the location "experiment". Convention Center - It seemed to work well for the conference. There were quite a few areas in the area where you could sit down and get some work down Read More...

It has been confirmed that I will be delivering a webcast on "What to Expect at the PASS SUmmit 2013" on Oct 3, 2013 at 12:30pm ET. Here is the link to register for the event. https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7411380526146008833 This is targeted Read More...

Next week, I am tentatively planning a webcast on Oct 3, 2013 @ 12:30pm ET as I have done over the past couple of years aimed at First Time Attendees. Once I get things confirmed, I will post a link for registration. I updated my PPT Deck with the new Read More...

After thinking about how to cast my votes for the PASS Election, I thought about the process and how one could get confused (and even upset) if the process for seating successful candidates was not already laid out. I found this on the PASS Elections Read More...

Today was the official announcement of the Candidates and the official start of the Campaign. PASS Campaigns sure have changed a lot since I originally ran for a seat (and lost) in 2002. The process has changed to become more rigorous in the Nomination Read More...

I volunteered to help out and present a keynote at SQL Saturday #250 . It worked out that they couldn't find anyone better. :-) I am really looking forward to it and hope that I do not disappoint. The time available is about 40 minutes so it can't get Read More...

According to the PASS Election Timeline , the PASS BoD will take up the issue of approving the slate of candidates to be presented to the community for voting. These candidates have taken a big step in putting themselves out there for election. They have Read More...

On September 14, 2013, I will be speaking at the 2nd SQL Saturday event to be held in Pittsburgh. I spoke at the last SQL Saturday event last year which was a blast. This year, I will be presenting a session entitled "Really Basic Perfmon". It is designed Read More...

My first Pass Summit was in January 2002 in Denver. I spent the weekend before the Summit in Denver to save a bunch on airfare. I did the Ski Train which gave me a terrific Train ride in the Rocky Mountains with a day of skiing; it was a great day. I Read More...

Tomorrow will mark another chapter in the 24 Hours of PASS series.I am involved once again - this time in a moderator role. The event begins at 8am ET for me. I will be introducing Alberto Ferrari who will be speaking on "Excel 2013 Power Pivot in Action" Read More...